| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| one television in a single household to our | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| same level of programming on these | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the |
| | latest advancement in their technology - a |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | satellite receiver that combines access to |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | programming with their Digital Video |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
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San Francisco |
Cleveland |
Louisville |
Portland |
Little Rock |
Pensacola |
Staten Island |
Anaheim |
Vineland |
North Little Rock |
Boulder |
Grove |
Baker |
Bensalem |
Deadwood |
Rensselaer |
St Cloud |
Pahrump |
Mineral Point |
Meriden |
Cabot |
Waukesha |
Sonoma |
Campbell |
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| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| but with a new name! | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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